Elaborate Roman silver ring, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
The ring is moulded with a large female bust on the top. She is either a deity or a high-born lady, with a tall draped hairdress and diadem.
Size: about 25 mm. wide. 9.60 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. stable and Wearable. The surface with corrosion and brown deposits.
Ex. German private collection since 1990s, aquired at Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse...
A very nice lot of stringed glass bead and bird-amulets etc. also in coloured glass, including a perfect condition, Roman miniature glass jug with handle and openwork design, c. 1st.-4th. century AD.
Size: c. 40 cm. of beads and amulets in a single row, the jug is c. 21-22 mm. tall.
Ex. German Collection.
Interesting lot, incl. two round bronze finials, finely decorated / finely engraved with swirly patterns, Roman or darkage, c. 400-1000 AD.
Size: 26-28 mm. tall.
Ex. Old German Collection.
Ancient Roman vessel attachment, depicting a finely detailed figure of a lady, wearing an elaborate headdress, the shape of her breast protruding from her well-defined garment and her right hand playing the well-defined lyre. 1st/3rd Century AD. From a NYC private collection.
Ancient Roman yellow speckled jasper intaglio attached to a modern/antique ring.
The intaglio is nicely incised with an eagle with a wreath in its beak, standing on an altar.
Date: Roman, 1st -3rd century AD
Material: yellow speckled jasper
Size: intaglio: ca. 1,4 cm x 1,3 cm, ring size 60/61
Condition: edge slightly chipped
Provenance: Ex French collection of Mr...
This ancient Roman artifact is a large, vibrant red terracotta bowl known as "Terra sigillata" that dates back to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The bowl's walls are thin and convex, while its base is flat and shaped like a wide disk. This unique piece of pottery provides an intriguing glimpse into the artistic and functional skills of the ancient Romans and is a testament to the enduring legacy of their civilization...
An attractive silver dress pin with a finely sculptured finial, Roman, 1st.-3rd. century BC.
Height 10,5cm.
The head of the pin a small figurine of a lion with enlarged phallus. Eyes probably originally inlaid.
Condition: Choice and intact, with dark patina.
Ex. Old Private German Collection.
A well carved intaglio seal in a black stone depicting the swirwling Sea monster Ketos, Greek or early Roman c. 2nd.-1st. cent. BC.
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The seal is set in a 22 carats (916 stamp) modern gold ring in an ancient style.
A solid 5 grams gold ring for it's smaller ringsize of only 14 mm.
Ex. Dutch Private Collection.
Glas Spherical flask free – blown blue glass with ribs
(cf. Morell collection, M212 purple)
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean
Period: 1st century B.C.
Material: Glass
Dimension: 6,4 cm...
Glass jug with a high handle on one side.
(cf. S.A. Huk, Corning, Vol. VII 1965, p.26)
Origin: Roman - Syrian
Period: 1st - 2nd century A.D.
Material: Glass
Dimension: 9,0 cm...
A nice lot of three choice condition bronze rings, two of a Roman type with high shoulders and another of the early Islamic period, c. 7th.-9th. cent. AD.
With animals carved into the bezels of the early rings.
Size: 18-20 mm...
A small collection of 5 different ancient seal imprints in lead / pewter and in terracotta, all Roman, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
1. Lead Bulla with the Emperor in a Biga, Victory above.
2. Small animal in lead.
3. Terracotta, Aphrodites reclining, very detailed dress etc.
4. Terracotta, River godess or Sol.
5...
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 15,4 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A massive high quality unguentaria made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 15 cm. tall and 7,7 cm. in diameter of the base.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A lovely coloured Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with slightly tappering corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 96 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound glass vessel of an aubergine-red colour with exceptional irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A scarce and beautiful Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with cylindrical ribbed corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 110 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A substantial and attractive bronze figure of a coiled snake, Roman Imperial, 1st.-3rd. cent.
Size: 5,5 cm. in diameter and c. 4 cm. tall weighing 160 grams.
Ex. Saxony private collection, c. 1970.
A fine substantial roman silver ring with a fine carnelian intaglio depicting Victoria standing, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
A typical 'compressed' roman ring oval ring setting and slightly convex intaglio. This ring is quite heavy weighing 9.47 grams and made of fine condition solid silver.
Size: Ringsize (inner diameter) c. 18-19 mm. / Weight 9.47 grams.
Ex Münz Zentrum Rheinland - Heinz-W. Müller, Solingen.